Wire-reel



G. HENGGI.

WIRE REEL.

APPLICATION FlLED MAR. 15, 1919. RENEwEn MAR. l5, 1920.

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G. HENGGI.

WIRE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED M1111. I5, 1919. IIzIIEwED IIIAII. I5,192o.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WIRELREEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed March 15d, 1919, Serial No. 282,851. Renewed March 15l 1920. Serial No. 366,042.

To all 'w hom it may concern Be it known that I, GOTTFRIED HENGGI, a

`citizen of the United States, residing at Y,constructed that the sections may be readily assembled or disassembled to permit the placing of a mass of wrapped wire upon the reel.

And a further obj ect is to provide an improved form of holder for the wire whereby it maybe readily carried while the reel is,

rotating to allow the unwrapping of the wire therefrom. A

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein I- Figure 1 is an end elevation of a reel constructed in accordance with my invention and partly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a section thereof on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the disks 14; and y Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the shaft or bolt 12 and the opposite disk 14.

Referring to these drawings, 10 and 11 designate cross pieces of wood or other suitable material which are attached rigidly to each other in any suitable manner, the cross pieces at one end being connected to the cross pieces at the other end by means of longitudinal members 13, triangular in cross section, and being disposed at the intersection of each pair of cross pieces. This is the usual form of the ordinary reel upon which wire is commonly wrapped or wound. As before stated, the object of this invention is to provide means for engaging this reel and supporting it so that the reel may be freely rotated to wind up or unwind the wire thereon. To thisend, I provide the oppositely disposed plates 14 and the bolt 12 which pass through a eentralaperture in the cross pieces 10 and 11. Adapted to be applied over and embrace the cross pieces 11 are the plates 14 which are circular in form and have a raised channel 15 extending diametrically across cach plate, the ends of this channel being cut away, that is the channel does not extend across the entire diameter of the plate, but terminates at both ends short of the periphery of the plate. This plate is cut away opposite the ends of the channel, as at 16. The channel 15 of each plate is formed to engage with the square end 17 of the bolt 12. The channel 15 is provided with a transverse opening or passage 18 for the reception of a key 19 whereby each plate 14 is locked to the bolt 12 to rotate therewith, and a crank 20 is riveted, bolted, or otherwise attached to one or both of the disks 14 and specifically to the channel of each disk, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Each disk is surrounded by an annulus 21, which is held in place by arcuate strips 21ZL riveted, bolted, or otherwise disposed on opposite faces of the disk 14. Thus it will be be seen that the annulus 21 is rotatably mounted upon the periphery of the disk 14.`

These annuli 21 are provided with ears 22,

, and attached to these ears, as by bolts, are

the cross bars 23 and 23a. The bolts V24 which connect the cross bars 23 and 23L to the ears 22 permit the cross bars to be readily detached at one or both ends from the annuli 21 and thus permit the disks 14 to be disconnected from each other for removal from an empty reel, or for attachment to a new or full reel. It will be noticed that the bar 23a is longitudinally slotted, as at 25, to form a guide for the wire, and the cross bar 23 forms a handle whereby the reel may be readily carried or supported while the wire is being unree'ledl` therefrom, and the disks 14 and the reel proper rotate freely with relation to these cross bars 23 and 23a. If it is desired to tighten? up on the wire or reel it back to the reel, the cross bars 23 and 231L may be held firmly while the disks arej rotated by means of the crank handles 20 which, as illustrated, have their outwardly extending portions disposed in line with the aXis of the reel so as to form bearings for the reel.

A construction of the character described may be readily applied to ordinary forms of wire reel and thus this reel may be conveniently carried and the wire readily unwound from the reel or wound up thereon.

I claim l. A reel of the character described including an axial member, disks supported upon the ends of the axial member and rotating therewith, one of said disks being detachable from the axial member, each of said disks being formed With a diagonally extendingchannel adapted to receive the cross bar of a Wire supporting frame, means for supporting said disks but permitting the disksv to rotate, and crank handles attached to the disks.

2. A device of the characterfdescribed including an axial member, oppositely disposed disks each formed With a diametrically extending channel into Which the axial member extends and each disk being formed with four openings disposed in spaced relation to each other on opposite'sidesl of the channel, means for locking the disks to the axial member, andcrank handles attached to the disks. l

3. A reel of the character described including an axial member adapted to be inserted through the cross bars of a.l Wire supporting frame, disks Vdetachably mounted upon the ends of the axial member and formed to engage said frame and rotate therewith, arcuate plates attached at intervals to the margins of the disks and extend' ing out therefromon Yopposite sides thereof `to form an interrupted channel, any annulus foreach disk disposed in said interrupted channel and slidngly engaging the same,

and crossl bars detachably engaging sai'd Y annuli.

4. A device of the character described including an axial element, oppositely Vdisv passing through both sets of crossed bars,

disks, each formed With a diametric channel engaging one of said crossedbars and through which the bolt passes, an annulus rotatably engaging the periphery of each disk, crossed bars connecting said annuli and detachably engaged therewith, and crank handles attached to said disks.

6. lA device of the character described including an axial vmember, oppositely disposed disks, each formed With a diametricallyextending channel into which the axial member extends, means for locking the disks to the axial member including bolts extending through said axial member, Y crank rotatably mounted upon the*k periphery of each disk, 'and cross bars connecting said annuli. v

lnV testimony whereof I hereunto atix my signature in the aresence of 'tWo Witnesses.

, G TTFRIED HENGGI. Witnesses:

C. A. HORST,

ADoLrH ALLENBACH. y

handles attached to the disks, an annulus Y 

